Alapakkam
Alapakkam (Tamil: [aːlappaːkkam]) is a neighbourhood in western Chennai. It belongs to Central Chennai Revenue Division of Chennai district. It is surrounded by Porur, Valasaravakkam and Maduravoyal. It is part of Chennai corporation under zone 11. Entry in to Alapakkam is through two main roads, that is, Arcot Road and Poovirundhavalli High Road. Alapakkam belongs to Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha contituency and Maduravoyal assembly constituency.
Alapakkam | |
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Neighbourhood | |
  Alapakkam Alapakkam(Chennai)  Alapakkam Alapakkam (Tamil Nadu)  Alapakkam Alapakkam (India) | |
| Coordinates: 13.0490°N 80.1673°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| Maduravoyal Taluk | Chennai |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 600 116 |
| Vehicle registration | TN 10 (RTO, Chennai South West) |
Areas in Alapakkam:
- Perumal Koil Street
- Metro Nagar
- Ayyavu Naicker Street
- Govindappa Naicker Street
- Ponniyamman Kovil Street
- Karpaga Vinayagar Colony
- Rajiv Gandhi Nagar
- Krishna Nagar
- Ashtalakshmi Nagar
- Sundar Nagar
- Ganapathy Nagar
Alapakkam has many Schools and Educational institutions.
- Government Higher secondary school
- Chennai Corporation school
- Velammal Vidyalaya School
- Sree Adithya Matriculation School
- Meenakshi Dental College
- Seven Hills Polytechnic
- Muthukumaran Engineering college
- Acharya Shiksha Mandir (Ashtalakshmi Nagar)
- Devi Academy School
Mini Bus routes
- S25 - Maduravoyal to Valasaravakkam [Route: Maduravoyal Earikarai-Aalapakkam Main Road-Meenakshi Dental College-Govt High School-Alapakkam-Arcot Road]
- S38 - CMBT Metro to Valasaravakkam [Route: via Ashtalakshmi Nagar, MGR Road]
- M49G - Thiruverkadu to T Nagar.
Temples
Nataraja temple
Nataraja Temple is one of the most famous temple in this area. It is one of the two Nataraja temple in Chennai where Nataraja is worshiped as main deity. Here Maragatha Lingam poojai is daily done two times. People around this area call this temple as Chennaiyil Chidambaram or Chennaiyil Thillai.
Valliserapaleeshwarar Temple
Valliserapaleeshwarar Temple is a native temple of Alappakkam. One of the oldest temple in the region, this temple is related with Vali in Ramayanam. It is said that Vali got the secret powers from Lord Shiva by doing penance here. The deity here is called as Vali-sera-paleeshwarar, which over time changed to Valliserapaleeshwarar.
Public utilities
- Tasildar Office & E-Seva Maiyam located in Alapakkam behind Perumal koil Street.
Post Office for Alapakkam is located at Sakthi Nagar, Porur (Off Mount Poovirundhavalli Road).
- Corporation Office is Zone located at Arcot Road.
- Chennai Metro water and Sewerage Board area office is located at No.8A, Gangai Amman Koil Street, Alapakkam
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